NINE rifle shooters experienced some frustrating wind conditions at the Narromine-Dubbo rifle range on Saturday when competition was held over 700 yards.
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The cold south breeze that had been present all week wreaked havoc among shooters as scores fell due to the almost unreadable conditions. While some shooters shot under favourable wind in their first stage, their second stage suffered due to the changes.
At the end of the first stage, Norm Brown had a hit of 45/50 in A-grade and Alan Taylor had scored 55/60 in F-class to hold the lead.
The second stage brought about some changes and Brown fired a better 47/50 to win the A-grade badge, while in F-class, Rob Rainbow fired a 55/60 to score a narrow win by one point from Scott Monaghan 103/120 to 102/120.
The weekly handicap trophy went to Colin Walsh who is starting to fire up in F-class.
The "pin-hole" escaped with some near misses to jack-pot for next week.
Shooting on Saturday is from 800 yards starting at 12.30pm.
o Individual scores: Lionel Morrish 48/47, F-class total 95/120; Clive Simpson 47/48, F-class total 95/120; Alan Taylor 55/46, F-class total 101/120; Rob Rainbow 48/55, F-class total 103/120; Scott Monaghan 52/50, F-class total 102/120; Norm Brown 45/47, off-rifle 92, handicap 2, total 94/100; Colin Walsh 49/47, F-class total 96/120; Aron Horder 45/38, F-class total 83/120; Luke Griffiths 51/42, F-class total 93/120.
